>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>We had a power outage today. Maybe it is a coincidental, maybe not, but now when I turn on my notebook, and hover the mouse over the battery, it says "8% available. plugged in, not charging."
>>>I checked that the power cable is connected.
>>>I clicked on the battery icon and it shows that the battery health is Excellent.
>>>I turned the notebook on and off a couple of times.
>>>I took the battery out and put it in.
>>>None of the above resolves the issue. If I remember correctly, before this outage, the battery was about 70% charged.
>>>
>>>What else can I try?
>>>
>>>TIA
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>>- Have you tried plugging the laptop charger into a different wall socket? Perhaps a breaker tripped and there's no power coming out of the socket.
>>- The power brick (i.e. the laptop charger) may have failed -- i.e. either within the "brick" itself, or the power cable (the latter could happen depending on how you've been handling it when packing/unpacking it -- you could ruin the cabling by introducing sharp bends on the cable or applying too much tension).
>>- charging circuit within the laptop may have gone bad
>
>It is possible that the charging circuit of the laptop stopped working. I ordered a new battery. This will prove or disprove this possibility.
>Thank you.

BTW, how old is this laptop? If the battery pack is several years old, it could be near the end of its useful life (i.e. its capacity to hold a charge decreases over time, and depending on how you've been using the battery could affect its useful lifespan).